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[JonnyKennedy]

I want to stream to future pc (see link under this), but what is the hardware requirements? I want to stream 720p60fps on OBS!

Click here to see my topic about building my first gaming pc

[Remilia]

I don't know the specifics, but I'm pretty sure you need a good and steady upload rate on your internet.

[JonnyKennedy]

Do you mean hardware requirements or network requirements?

Hardware. I want I5 4460 as cpu, but my friend said: "you can't livestreaming Battlefield 4, because it's need 2 cores or something and Battlefield 4 need 2 cores also"

I don't really know. That's why I opened this topic

[Darel]

you have 4 cores on that.. so you would be able to run the games and stream (not on the highest setings probably)... but you still need a good internet connection If you dont have a decent one yet

[Remilia]

Still don't know the specifics, but I think you friend is referencing to the streaming software. Check the requirements for the one you're planning to use.

[salecar3]

need 6core cpu like fx6300 6350 8320 8350"8370(those last 3 cpu's have 8) and i woad go wight 16gb of ram just in case gpu can be any but has to run a game network i woad go wight cable or really fast wi-fi

[JonnyKennedy]

you have 4 cores on that.. so you would be able to run the games and stream (not on the highest setings probably)... but you still need a good internet connection If you dont have a decent one yet

I don't want stream battlefield 4 on ultra . But can I stream with this CPU? Later this day on my laptop I drop my future specs

[JonnyKennedy]

need 6core cpu like fx6300 6350 8320 8350"8370(those last 3 cpu's have 8) and i woad go wight 16gb of ram just in case gpu can be any but has to run a game network i woad go wight cable or really fast wi-fi

I know (about the ram), if I want stream more often than 1x per week I upgrade to 16gb. I'm now looking for 8gb

[Darel]

I don't want stream battlefield 4 on ultra . But can I stream with this CPU? Later this day on my laptop I drop my future specs

the only thing you can do is try man... useless to ask people what they think

[Darel]

ohh yeah.. silly me... .. you're still building the computer ... It hink with some overclocking that i5 could handle it... not sure if its worth buying the amd cpu, they are old tech sadly....

or maybe you can buy a capture card and play on your laptop .. probably the cheapest way of streaming

[JonnyKennedy]

ohh yeah.. silly me... .. you're still building the computer ... It hink with some overclocking that i5 could handle it... not sure if its worth buying the amd cpu, they are old tech sadly....

or maybe you can buy a capture card and play on your laptop .. probably the cheapest way of streaming

Playing on my laptop a.k.a. Potato? Nah.

 

I5 4460 is non-overclock cpu, because this is my first build and I'm not smart about overclocking world. I don't know it's worth to overclock.

[Darel]

Playing on my laptop a.k.a. Potato? Nah.

 

I5 4460 is non-overclock cpu, because this is my first build and I'm not smart about overclocking world. I don't know it's worth to overclock.

well still most of games use only 2 cores so.. will 2 cores at 3.2 GHz be enough to stream?? probably yes

[VortexS]

You will not get 60fps support on Twitch if you are not a top blabla streamer. So 60 fps will not work for you unless you get a nice viewerbase first.

[JonnyKennedy]

You will not get 60fps support on Twitch if you are not a top blabla streamer. So 60 fps will not work for you unless you get a nice viewerbase first.

Really? I tough I can streaming 720p60fps on my channel with 6 followers

[salecar3]

lol fore streaming you need at least 6 cores or threads 2 for streaming and 4 for gaming ☺

[VortexS]

Really? I tough I can streaming 720p60fps on my channel with 6 followers

It is possible but it looks really wonky and weird, so I recommend streaming at 30 fps untill you get the real 60fps support.

[JonnyKennedy]

lol fore streaming you need at least 6 cores or threads 2 for streaming and 4 for gaming ☺

Do you have maybe a source??

[JonnyKennedy]

It is possible but it looks really wonky and weird, so I recommend streaming at 30 fps untill you get the real 60fps support.

But I can change it easy on OBS 

[salecar3]

Do you have maybe a source??

games require 4 cores example bf4 mll crisis3 but if you are going to stream mc dota wow you can use 4 cores but you wont be able to use much other than music and browser or render video use anti virus/malware☺

[JonnyKennedy]

games require 4 cores example bf4 mll crisis3 but if you are going to stream mc dota wow you can use 4 cores but you wont be able to use much other than music and browser or render video use anti virus/malware☺

Where can I find a source what you said. I want see the article

[MRL]

I want to stream to future pc (see link under this), but what is the hardware requirements? I want to stream 720p60fps on OBS!

Click here to see my topic about building my first gaming pc

 

The only thing that I'm really worry about your build is the fact that you are going to use 720p60fps on OBS with an i5. But, what you can try is to use NVENC instead of different codec. When OBS starts supporting NVENC, there are still performance hits on gaming with my i7-4770K and GTX680. But recently I tried with my GTX970 seems to be there's not much performance impact, but that probably due to the fact that the game I ran for that recording isn't that heavy on GPU side.

[VortexS]

Where can I find a source what you said. I want see the article

I'm impressed that you can decrypt that text that's supposed to be English

It's not true though what he says though, MC is very CPU intensive as well.

 

Edit: 300 posts, whoohoo  B)

[mathijs727]

Can't you use quicksync or nvidia nvenc for the encoding?

 

If you just want an easy setup and no advanced features (no overlays) you could also just use shadowplay...

[JonnyKennedy]

Can't you use quicksync or nvidia nvenc for the encoding?

 

If you just want an easy setup and no advanced features (no overlays) you could also just use shadowplay...

Nvidia nvenc and quicksync? Please learn me more

[DEDRICK]

Nvidia nvenc and quicksync? Please learn me more

 AMD VCE is also available though it isn't perfect https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-branch-with-amd-vce-support.13996/

 

QuickSync - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhkZy-tMTU

 

nVidia Requirements are obvious.

 

All of the above though, while easier on your FPS, look very inferior to x264 AKA they look like crap

 

They are all GPU encoding methods designed to improve the speed of encoding but the cost is quality.  At 3500Kbps (Twitch's maximum bitrate for video), any high motion game you play will and does look terrible.

 

I can stream Planetside 2 on Ultra (Monitor Resolution 2560x1440), stream Resolution 720p@60 x264 3500Kbps, with my 2500k@4.6GHz without much issue and PS2 is a very cpu heavy game.  

 

1080p is out of the question @60fps on most games, I can do 30 though but the quality degrades (too big a frame for the maximum twitch bitrate).  

 

You need a 1440p monitor to view a twitch stream @ 1080p in the standard maximized window(non theatre, not fullscreen) with chat, the video gets scaled to window size.

 

1440p monitor = 1080p twitch standard window

1080p monitor = 720p twitch standard window